Deck 6: Empowering Clients Through Group Work

Question 1

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2017) suggests that psychoeducational models are useful for helping clients in the

A) maintenance level.
B) precontemplative or contemplative level of change.
C) middle recovery stage.
D) preparation stage.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is true of standards of confidentiality and scope of practice?

A) Former clients might inadvertently share information that betrays the confidence of other group members.
B) Few ethical codes in the helping professions include standards related to the scope of practice for which the individual helper is trained and qualified.
C) Staff members in substance abuse treatment programs are never asked to carry out group leadership without specialized training.
D) The American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics (2016) is unclear if the parameters of confidentiality need to be explained to the group.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In a group setting, assertiveness needs to be defined first, with participants learning to differentiate among assertiveness, aggressiveness, and passivity, and learning to recognize the suitability of assertion in human interaction.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Once clients have made at least a tentative commitment to change, they are ready to embark on the development of recovery skills that are transferable to real-life situations.

Question 5

Both the motivational interviewing curriculum and the stages of change therapy demonstrate the importance of matching interventions with

A) family's anxiousness for the client.
B) group members' motivation for change.
C) counselor's persistence to bring change in the clients'.
D) clients' readiness for change.

Question 6

How does compliance compare with internalization?

A) In compliance the client internalizes the change and accepts the group influence but in internalization the client accepts change for the sake of acceptance in the group.
B) Compliance and internalization are one and the same when accomplished through group counseling.
C) In compliance the individual accepts the group influence to gain acceptance, where as in internalization the client actually believes in the efficacy of acquired cognition.
D) Compliance is when the client accepts change for the society's sake and internalization is when the client accepts change for family's sake.

Question 7

Which of the following is true of forming a new group and the group process in the substance abuse field?

A) When new members join an existing group, leaders usually do not insist on regular attendance and punctuality.
B) Groups generally have a firm rule against attending in an intoxicated state.
C) Ground rules formed by the group members usually lead to a loss of focus in pursuing the group objectives.
D) Many substance abuse groups are under no time-limits, with most members joining at different points of the process.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of group counseling?

A) Enforces standards of confidentiality that last beyond the duration of group counseling
B) Reduces the isolation experienced by people who have substance abuse disorder
C) Enables people who abuse substances to witness the recovery of others
D) Encourages members and reinforces their positive choices as they undertake difficult tasks

Question 9

Identify which of the following characteristics does NOT belong to collaborative and empowering groups:

A) Some group members are specially designated to contribute to an atmosphere of shared leadership.
B) All group members are recognized as having something to offer in a shared leadership.
C) The counselor, as group leader, models a respectful and supportive demeanor.
D) The counselor encourages participants to acknowledge one another's strengths.

Question 10

List the positives or benefits of group counseling.

Question 11

Activity that works well in the group modality include developing alternative methods of managing stress, gaining skill in problem solving, and learning how to respond to others through accommodation rather than assertiveness.

Question 12

The rule-setting task is important because it provides an opportunity for early, meaningful interaction and invokes a sense of responsibility among group members.

Question 13

Which of the following focuses directly on the interpersonal relationships and the quality of social skills for substance abuse clients?

A) Behavioral modeling
B) Skill practice
C) Individual counseling
D) Group counseling

Question 14

Hutchins's group model moves the group members through a step-by-step process, from .

A) finding meaning to mutual construction of knowledge to giving voice and, finally, to transfer of learning
B) mutual construction of knowledge to giving voice to finding meaning and, finally, to transfer of learning
C) giving voice to finding meaning to transfer of learning and, finally, to mutual construction of knowledge
D) giving voice to finding meaning to mutual construction of knowledge and, finally, to transfer of learning

Question 15

When asked to list as many triggers as they can, clients in group brainstorming have a hard time becoming aware of possible antecedents to their drinking.

Question 16

In a collaborative goal setting, as members listen to each other they are likely to find commonalities in their individual goals. Who models these commonalities so that members learn how to approach one another in the same way?

A) Group leader
B) Individual counselor
C) Any member client
D) None of these is correct.

Question 17

Discuss in brief the group models used in the substance abuse context.